Phase One: Incredible Tele-Medicine Project

Saving Lives and Making a Major Difference

Each Thursday people travel to the health post in Las Salinas for the express purpose of receiving a free ultrasound exam that they need, but otherwise would have no way of obtaining.

There are many pregnant women; people with pain from kidney stones; or have been referred by doctors hours away. Dr. Domingo Salomón (the doctor in charge of the health post) and Martha Romero (head nurse and our Nicaraguan Staff of this project) prepare to receive all the patients.

They are about to participate in Tele-Medicine, including remote education and diagnostics which assures quality assurance.

How does Tele-Medicine Work?

Medical personnel capture the image of the patient with a particular machine (Ultrasound, MRI, etc.)

However, they do not attempt to interpret what they see

The image is sent through email or an applicable real-time program using the internet

A qualified Doctor in another location reads it, records the diagnoses, and sends back a report

This amazing method is currently utilized in many urban locations in the USA and all over the world, due to readily available internet access. This is a relatively new and exciting undertaking in rural, impoverished areas, and much needed.

Be a part of this incredible undertaking –YOU can help us SAVE LIVES with your support of this amazing project!

Capturing and sending the images from remote Las Salinas, Tola, is only part of what takes place.

Each week there are dedicated volunteer doctors remotely participating with each case, educating and guiding our Nicaraguan staff. They review each patient with our Nicaraguan medical personnel, teaching them as they arrive at a correct diagnosis. This is incredible global healthcare and remote education in action, accomplished only because of our partnership organizations leading the way.

WINFOCUS, (World Interactive Network Focused on Critical Ultrasound), with the founding organization based in Milan, Italy. WINFOCUS presently has their tele-medicine-ultrasound projects in 50 countries! We are very honored and humbled to be chosen to be a part of this great movement, doing our part in Nicaragua, Central America. Visit our Partner Page to learn more about WINFOCUS.

WINFOCUS and Henry Ford Hospital are linking committed development agents across continents! We have been thrilled to have HFUSU doctors from Houston and Detroit serve as vital volunteer teachers each week.

Saving lives and making a major difference: Pregnant women come from far and wide to receive an ultrasound – and, most receive the assurance that their baby is just fine. At times, however, we have identified conditions that have been acted on and saved the baby’s life. All these ladies were waiting for an ultrasound when we took our machine for a day to Rivas.

MOG Non-Profit StatusMissions of Graces is an IRS approved 501(C)3 non-profit corporation, incorporated in the state of Texas in 1994. Its home office is in San Antonio, Texas, with a branch office in Nicaragua. It is governed by a six member Board of Directors and strives to keep the administrative costs as low as possible.

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MOG Non-Profit Status

Missions of Graces is an IRS approved 501(C)3 non-profit corporation, incorporated in the state of Texas in 1994. Its home office is in San Antonio, Texas, with a branch office in Nicaragua. It is governed by a six member Board of Directors and strives to keep the administrative costs as low as possible.